John Poplin Acquitted in Killing of Brother-in-Law Bert Suggs, Oct. 22, 1921

Poplin Acquitted in Lenoir County

By the Associated Press

Kinston, N.C., Oct. 22—A verdict of not guilty was returned at 9:30 this morning in the case of John D. Poplin, who has been on trial in Lenoir Superior Court since Wednesday charged with second degree murder in the killing of Bert Suggs, his brother-in-law, which occurred here last June. The jury had been out since 5:30 last evening.

From the front page of The Hickory Daily Record, Oct. 22, 1921